I'm hopeful too, though I don't have any theories myself about how both ideas could be wrong, as I'm also just a layman. I do justify my hopes by pointing to Luca Lusanna's work[0], though, because I don't believe in using "Something Is Not Quite Right" feelings when it comes to physics, as quantum electrodynamics can initially have that feeling too but it's very well supported experimentally and I think one can get used to it.
[0] I've been vaguely aware of Lusanna (http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/au:+Lusanna_L/0/1/0/all/0/1) for some number of years now, who has an interesting (and mostly unintelligible to me as I'm sadly not familiar enough with conformal geometry nor most of the relevant physics) set of papers suggesting dark matter be thought of as a Relativistic Inertial Effect.
[0] I've been vaguely aware of Lusanna (http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/au:+Lusanna_L/0/1/0/all/0/1) for some number of years now, who has an interesting (and mostly unintelligible to me as I'm sadly not familiar enough with conformal geometry nor most of the relevant physics) set of papers suggesting dark matter be thought of as a Relativistic Inertial Effect.